Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Entry Detail

Code: CR2747/23
Entry Text:

letters of Revd James Shirley, rector of Frettenham, Norfolk, 1841-69, including 6-7, references to holidays at Great Yarmouth and Cromer, including Sunday's `vast rush of people from Norwich' to Yarmouth, mention of the pier, 1856; 18, including reference to 800 visitors from East London arriving by steam boat to Great Yarmouth each week and their alleged living on the beach, September 1869

Date Range: 1841 to 1869
Keywords: correspondence leisure
Location: Warwickshire County Record Office